Reading Log

2019

1. Thunderstruck and Other Stories by Elizabeth McCracken
2. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

20181. The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God and Other Stories by Etgar Keret
2. May We Shed These Human Bodies by Amber Sparks
3. Stygiophilia by Nathan Tyree
4. Unpacking the Boxes by Donald Hall
5. McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh
6. Jesus in the Ghost Room by Rusty Barnes
7. Broke by Rusty Barnes
8. I Am Not Ariel by Rusty Barnes
9. Tales of Falling and Flying by Ben Loory
10. Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man by Bill Clegg
11. Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang
12. Almost No Memory by Lydia Davis 13. In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders14. Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens15. I'll Give You Something to Cry About by Corey Mesler16. Emporium by Adam Johnson17. Windeye by Brian Evenson18. The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson19. Hell Is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang20. Single-Bit Error by Ken Liu21. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang22. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie23. Between Here and the Yellow Sea by Nic Pizzolatto24. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay25. Fox 8 by George Saunders 26. Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson27. It Came from the North: An Anthology of Finnish Speculative Fiction edited by Desirina Boskovich 28. Future Missionaries of American by Matthew Vollmer29. Where the Trains Turn by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen30. Someday This Will Be Funny by Lynne Tillman31. In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka32. Within a Budding Grove: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 2 by Marcel Proust33. Double Wide by Leo W. Banks34. The Castle by Franz Kafka 35. The Humans by Matt Haig36. Unruly Creatures by Jennifer Caloyeras 37. Blood, Bone, and Marrow: A Biography of Harry Crews by Ted Geltner 38. Aliens of Affection by Padgett Powell 39. The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson40. Everything Matters! by Ron Currie Jr. 41. Going for a Beer: Selected Short Fictions by Robert Coover42. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel43. Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville44. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders45. Name by Joseph Young46. Ron Carlson Writes a Story by Ron Carlson47. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt48. Redeployment by Phil Klay49. Tinkers by Paul Harding50. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin 51. My Father, the Pornographer by Chris Offutt52. Shiloh and Other Stories by Bobbie Ann Mason53. Country Dark by Chris Offutt54. The Pulse between the Dimensions and the Desert by Rios de la Luz55. The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen56. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood57. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace58. The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D'J Pancake 59. While They Were In the Field by Adam Van Winkle 60. Nightwolf by Willie Davis 61. Porthos Pizza by Wesley Browne62. West Virginia by Joe Halstead63. The Blue Fox by Sjon64. Many-Stories House by George Ella Lyon65. Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder66. The Hatred of Poetry by Ben Lerner 67. Scoundrels Among Us by Darrin Doyle68. An Elemental Thing by Eliot Weinberger69.The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson70. South and West: Notebooks by Joan Didion71. Carry Me Father No More by Lee Klein72. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Had Madame de Warens by Williem Myra73. The Ghosts of Birds by Eliot Weinberger74. On Moral Fiction by John Gardener75. Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar76. Universal Harvester by John Darnielle77. Oranges & Peanuts for Sale by Eliot Weinberger78. H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald79. The Explorer & Other Stories by Jyrki Vainonen80. Fen by Daisy Johnson81. Bird Box by Josh Malerman

2017

1. Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson2. The Last Illusion by Porochista Khakpour3. Cult of Loretta by Kevin Maloney4. The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire5. Saw Strokes My Father Taught Me by G. Arthur Brown6. Root and Shoot by Nathan Leslie 7. United States of Japan by Peter Tieryas 8. Cartoons in the Suicide Forest by Leza Cantoral9. Visions by Troy James Weaver10. Naked Friends by Justin Grimbol11. Thanks and Sorry and Good Luck: Rejection Letters from the Eyeshot Outbox by Lee Klein12. Handwriting by Michael Ondaatje13. Nothing is Strange by Mike Russell 14. Bluets by Maggie Nelson15. Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery by Tim Earley16. Alien vs. Predator by Michael Robbins17. On Broad Sound by Rusty Barnes18. The Second Sex by Michael Robbins 19. Whim Man Mammom by Abraham Smith20. EOB: Earth Out of Balance by John Minichillo21. Paris Blues by Charles Baudelaire 22. The Devil’s Trill by Ron Houchin 23. Tinderbox Lawn by Carol Guess24. Six Memos for the Next Millennium by Italo Calvino25. Jorges Luis Borges: The Last Interview and Other Conversations by Jorge Luis Borges 26. Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino 27. Homesick for Another World: Stories by Ottessa Moshfegh28. Dreamtigers by Jorge Luis Borges29. Plainwater: Essays and Poetry by Anne Carson30. The Book of Sand and Shakespeare’s Memory by Jorge Luis Borges 31. The Cinammon Peeler by Michael Ondaatje32. The Lucky Body by Kyle Coma-Thompson33. Best Experimental Writing 2014 edited by Cole Swenson34. Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh35. North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud36. Bad Faith by Theodore Wheeler37. Return to the City of White Donkeys by James Tate38. Abandon the Old in Tokyo by Yoshihiro Tatsumi39. Darkness Visible by William Styron40. The Beauty of the Husband by Anne Carson41. The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe42. Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck43. Fat Man and Little Boy by Mike Meginnis44. Under the Jaguar Sun by Italo Calvino45. Black Tickets by Jayne Anne Phillips 46. 2666 by Roberto Bolano47. Gisela by Marcus Speh48. Waiting for an Answer by Heather Sullivan 49. Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy50. Chief Jay Strongbow is Real by Timothy Gager51. Stories in the Worst Way by Gary Lutz52. Antwerp by Roberto Bolano53. Insects are Just Like You and Me Except Some of Them Have Wings by Kuzhali Manickavel54. Father of Lies by Brian Evenson55. Best Small Fictions 2017 guest edited by Amy Hempel56. Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story on a Postcard by Michael Kimball57. The Sarah Book by Scott McClanahan 58. Facing the Music by Larry Brown59. The Spooking of Mavens by Tim Earley60. This Clumsy Living by Bob Hicok 61. Pastoralia by George Saunders62. The Long Home by William Gay63. Break It Down by Lydia Davis64. Linthead Stomp by Tim Earley65. Equipment for Living: On Poetry and Pop Music by Michael Robbins66. Field Guide by Robert Hass67. The World Doesn't End by Charles Simic68. I Am Flying Into Myself by Bill Knott69. Final Solutions by Frederick Seidel70. Sunrise by Frederick Seidel 71. I Am Your Slave Now Do What I Say by Anthony Madrid 72. Twentieth Century Pleasures by Robert Hass73. Harmonium by Wallace Stevens 74. Ooga-Booga by Frederick Seidel75. Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones 76. Stephen King Stephen King by William Walsh77. Provinces of Night by William Gay78. Nightmare of Reason: A Life of Franz Kafka by Ernst Pawel79. Get in Trouble: Stories by Kelly Link80. Madness, Rack, and Honey by Mary Ruefle 81. Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link82. The Inevitable June by Bob Schofield83. Man Bites Cloud by Bob Schofield 84. JRZDVLZ by Lee Klein85. Caramel Floods by Fin Sorrel86. The Cosmos Poems by Frederick Seidel87. Nothing but the Dead and Dying by Ryan W. Bradley 88. Suspended Heart by Heather Fowler89. The Elvis Room by Stephen Graham Jones

2016

1. Easter Rabbit by Joseph Young2. Best Small Fictions 2015 edited by Tara L. Masih and Robert Olen Butler3. The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction edited by Tara L. Masih4. Modern Manners for Your Inner Demons by Tara Laskowski5. Hint Fiction edited by Robert Smartwood6. Metal Gear Solid by Ashley and Anthony Burch7. The Nimrod Flipout by Etgar Keret8. Micro Fiction edited by Jerome Stern9. Rashomon and other Stores by Ryünosuke Akutagawa10. Severance by Robert Olen Butler11. Slade House by David Mitchell12. Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthleme by Tracy Daughtery13. If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo Calvino14. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 guest edited by Guillermo del Toro15. Studies in Hybrid Morphology by Matt Tompkins16. Flash Fiction: 72 Very Short Stories edited by James Thomas17. A Wild Swan and Other Tales by Michael Cunningham18. Appalachian Elegy by bell hooks19. Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges20. The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli21. There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby: Scary Fairy Tales by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya22. Basal Ganglia by Matthew Revert23. The Humble Assessment by Kris Saknussemm24. Gil the Nihilist: A Sitcom by Sean Kilpatrick25. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño26. Bolaño: A Biography in Conversations by Mónica Maristain27. Underworld by Don DeLillo28. The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges29. Tables Without Chairs by Brian Alan Ellis and Bud Smith30. The Tent by Margaret Atwood31. Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell32. The Quiet American by Graham Greene33. Praying Drunk by Kyle Minor34. A Universal History of Iniquity by Jorge Luis Borges35. Souvenirs and Other Stories by Matt Tompkins36. In Case We Die edited by Aaron Dietz and Bud Smith37. The Color Master by Aimee Bender38. Split Rail by Mark Welborn39. Relax, You’re Going to Die by Tai Sheridan40. Hoopty Time Machines by Christopher DeWan41. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell42. Marigold by Troy James Weaver43. The Insufferable Goucho by Roberto Bolaño44. Light Boxes by Shane Jones45. Best Small Fictions 2016 edited by Tara L. Masih and Stuart Dybek46. He Stopped Loving Her Today: George
Jones, Billy Sherrill, and the Pretty-Much Totally True Story of the
Making of the Greatest Country Record of All Time by Jack Isenhour47. The Girl on the Fridge by Etgar Keret48. Jeff Bridges by Donora Hillard49. 13 by David Tomaloff50. Failing This by Alec Niedenthal51. Kitty by Lindsay Hunter52. The Map of the System of Human Knowledge by James Tadd Adcox53. I’ll Give You Something to Cry About by Corey Mesler54. Our Hearts Are Power Ballads by J. Bradley55. Daniel Fights a Hurricane by Shane Jones56. Philip K. Dick: The Last Interviews and Other Conversations57. The Equation of Constants by b.l. pawelek58. Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson59. The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus60. A Death in the Family by James Agee61. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel62. Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt63. Horror Film Poems by Christoph Paul64. Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth65. My Friend Ken Harvey by Barrett Warner66. Museum of the Weird by Amelia Gray67. Two Hundred and One Miniature Tales by Alejandro Cordoba Sosa68. Not Quite So Stories by David S. Atkinson

2015

1. Tampa by Alissa Nutting2. Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson3. The Baltimore Atrocities by John Dermot Woods4. Crimes in Southern Indiana by Frank Bill5. Where All Light Tends To Go by David Joy6. Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash7. Sinners of Sanction County by Charles Dodd White8. Hell and Ohio by Chris Holbrook9. The Cove by Ron Rash10. Burning Bright by Ron Rash11. Child of God by Cormac McCarthy12. Straight to Hell and Astrology by Danielle Etienne13. American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell14. Department of Speculation by Jenny Offill15. Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich16. Gap Greek by Robert Morgan17. Witchita Stories by Troy James Weaver18. Hall of Small Mammals by Thomas Pierce19. Big World by Mary Miller20. The National Virginity Pledge by Barry Graham21. When You Cross That Line by Sam Slaughter22. Fourteen Stories and None of Them Are Yours by Luke B. Goebel23. Gutshot by Amelia Gray24. The Marble Orchard by Alex Taylor25. Winterswim by Ryan W. Bradley26. Haints Stay by Colin Winnette27. Trampoline by Robert Gipe28. In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell29. Blurb by Ravi Mangla30. Pages from the Textbook of Alternate History by Phong Nguyen31. Our Love Will Go the Way of the Salmon by Cameron Pierce32. The Way the World Is by Michael Henson33. Walk Till the Dogs Get Mean edited by Karen Salyer McElmurray and Adrian Blevins34. Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace by David Lipsky35. The Meadow by James Galvin36. All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren37. Swann’s Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1 by Marcel Proust38. Beloved by Toni Morrison39. Ridgerunner by Rusty Barnes40. Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus Lish41. Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner42. The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek43. The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing by Nicholas Rombes44. Is That You, John Wayne by Scott Garson45. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami46. CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders47. Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino48. The Trial by Franz Kafka49. The Stranger by Albert Camus50. The Collected Stories by Amy Hempel51. V by Thomas Pynchon52. The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender53. Lucky Alan and other Stories by Jonathan Lethem54. Suddenly, a Knock On the Door by Etgar Keret55. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell56. Taipei by Tao Lin

2014

1. Nightwork by Christina Schutt2. Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link3. Tenth of December by George Saunders4. Galaga by Michael Kimball5. The Age of Wire and String by Ben Marcus6. Hill William by Scott McClanahan7. Out of the Woods by Chris Offutt8. Crystal Eaters by Shane Jones9. Crapalachia by Scott McClanahan10. The Outlaw Album by Daniel Woodrell11. The Uncertainty Principle by Rob McLennan12. The Day the Cloud Stood Still by Patrick Trotti13. In the Season of Blood and Gold by Taylor Brown14. Billie the Bull by xTx15. Pathologies by William Walsh16. Baptism and Dogs by B.L. Tucker17. The Least of My Scars by Stephen Graham Jones18. Above All Men by Eric Shonkwiler19. The Fun We’ve Had by Michael Seidlinger20. Backswing by Aaron Burch21. Brown Dog by Jim Harrison22. Alone with Other People by Gabby Bess23. The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock24. Train Dreams by Denis Johnson25. Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson26. Panic, USA by Nate Slawson27. Third Class Superhero by Charles Yu28. A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O’ Conner29. Jeff, One Lonely Guy by Jeff Ragsdale30. Baby Babe by Ana Carrete31. Tonto and the Lone Ranger Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie32. I’m Not Saying, I’m Just Saying by Matthew Salesses33. I Was a Fat Drunk Catholic by Jamie Iredell34. Colony Collapse by J.A. Tyler35. Low Down Death Right Easy by J. David Osborne36. Excavation by Wendy C. Ortiz37. My Friend Ken Harvey by Barrett Warner38. Witch Piss by Sam Pink39. The Black Dog Eats the City by Chris Kelso40. The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt41. Addicts and Basements by Robert Vaughan42. The Tommy Plans by Cooper Reener43. Bark by Lorrie Moore44. Drinking Until Morning by Justin Grimbol45. High as the Horse’s Bridle by Scott Cheshire46. Dry by Augusten Burroughs47. Palm-of-the-Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata 48. St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell49. My Salinger Years by Joanna Rakoff50. Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story by D.T. Max51. Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle52. Annihilation by Jeff VandeMeer53. Lost in Space by Ben Tanzer54. King Shit by Brian Alan Ellis55. 33 Fragments of Sick-Sad Living by Brian Alan Ellis56. 10:04 by Ben Lerner57. Misadventure by Nicholas Grider